Collection and enforcement

C138 Enforcement of liability orders by diligence: Scotland.

1

In Scotland, where a liability order has been made against a person, the order shall be warrant anywhere in Scotland—

a

for the Secretary of State to charge the person to pay the appropriate amount and to recover that amount by a poinding and sale under Part II of the M1Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 and, in connection therewith, for the opening of shut and lockfast places;

b

for an arrestment (other than an arrestment of the person’s earnings in the hands of his employers) and action of furthcoming or sale,

and shall be apt to found a Bill of Inhibition or an action of adjudication at the instance of the Secretary of State.

2

In subsection (1) the “appropriate amount” means the amount in respect of which the order was made, to the extent that it remains unpaid.